Université François-Rabelais, Tours, France (Photo: M. Alhadeff-Jones, 2017)

Le 11 décembre 2017, j'ai été invité à présenter certaines de mes réflexions autour des rythmes de la formation dans le cadre du Séminaire transversal organisé avec les étudiants de Master 2 (SIFA et IFAC) (ingénierie, formation d'adultes et accompagnement) du Département des sciences de l'éducation et de la formation de l'Université de Tours. Ci-dessous figure le lien vers l'enregistrement vidéo de ma présentation. Celle-ci s'organise autour de quatre axes de questionnement: (1) Comment définir le temps en formation? (2) Comment envisager les rapports entre temps et formation? (3) Comment concevoir les temporalités de l'autoformation et des processus de transformation? (4) Comment envisager la formation dans une perspective rythmologique?

PostedJanuary 1, 2018

AuthorMichel

Categoriesadult education, coaching, education, lecture, research, teaching, theory, video

Tagstime, rhythms, rhythmic awareness, transformative learning, adult development, Université de Tours, autoformation, self-development, video MAJ

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University of Columbia, Low Memorial Library (Photo: M. Alhadeff-Jones, 2017)

On June 4th 2017, I was invited by the AEGIS for Life Alumni organization to be the featured speaker at the Second Annual Jack Mezirow Lecture, held at Teachers College, Columbia University. During this lecture I engaged the audience in a reflection around the complexity of the temporalities involved in adult learning. I suggested that we observe and question the conflicting rhythms that pace what we do, how we think, who we are, and how we develop ourselves.

PostedAugust 24, 2017

AuthorMichel

Categoriesadult education, education, lecture, research, teaching, video

Tagstransformative learning, rhythmic awareness, time, adult development, temporal constraints, Jack Mezirow, Teachers College, AEGIS, video MAJ

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Paterson's Land, University of Edinburgh (Photography: Michel Alhadeff-Jones, 2017)

Following a conference on transformative learning at the University of Edinburgh, I explore how some of the themes presented (cultural differences in higher education, high impact learning, technology-enhanced pedagogy, collaborative close reading) relate to the experience of rhythmic dilemmas. Doing so, I question how educators can take them into consideration in their praxis, so that such temporal tensions become a source of meaningful learning or transformation.

Source: "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle

Using time lapse videos showing the growth and transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly, this post explores the rhythmic dimension of natural transformations, stressing how much they display both continuous and discontinuous features.

PostedApril 6, 2017

AuthorMichel

Categoriestheory, teaching, video, biology, psychology, education

Tagstransformation, rhythms, butterfly, chrysalis, time lapse, self-development, adult development, transformative learning, Jack Mezirow, Francois Jullien, perception

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Vidéo: Temporalités, rythmes et autoformation

Video: Temporal complexity in adult life and transformative learning (Second Annual Jack Mezirow Lecture at Teachers College)

Transformative learning and the experience of rhythmic dilemmas

Envisioning the rhythms of a transformation